You get what you pay for with this one. It's incredibly slow at registering a temperature and the final "beep" is essentially inaudible. I'll give it to my daughter for her pretend doctor's kit.
Excellent for personal use:
I'm very satisfied with this little friend. I bought it just for me and my flu. It works for me, I don't want it for "professional" use. So, if you pay almost 6 bucks for this one, what do you expect? a professional one? if you're looking something for all the family, friends, etc, then it's not for you.
just so so:
I did not realize it only has F degrees, not C degrees. But it is fast reading and accurate.
Not accurate for me:
I bought this thermometer at the same time I bought a Samsung Blood pressure monitor. The Samsung blood pressure monitor turned out to be inaccurate in its readings. Unfortunately, the same is true for the thermometer. I checked it against a reliable oral mercury thermometer, though it was hardly necessary because the temperature the Samsung indicated was 86 degrees - which was obviously way off the mark. I have a Samsung HDTV that is great, but unfortunately I cannot say the same thing for this... more info
